Space weather fundamentals / edited by George V. Khazanov.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xvii, 402 pages : illustrations, charts ; 29 cm

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    Notes
    "Version date: 20160812"--Title page, verso.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Section I. Space weather drivers. The Sun / Judith Karpen and Spiro Antiochos
    • 2. Solar wind / Melvyn L. Goldstein
    • 3. Earth's magnetic field / Nils Olsen
    • 4. Solar wind - magnetosphere interaction / Joseph E. Borovsky
    • 5. The Magnetosheath and its boundaries / David G. Sibeck
    • 6. Magnetic reconnection / Homa Karimabadi, Ari Le, Vadim Roytershteyn, and William Daughton
    • 7. Magnetospheric electric fields and current systems / Stanislav Sazykin
    • 8. Coupling between the geomagnetic tail and the inner magnetosphere / Eric Donovan
    • 9. Ring current / Yusuke Ebihara
    • 10. Radiation belts / Shrikanth G. Kanekal and Daniel N. Baker
    • 11. Plasmasphere / Jonathan Krall and Joseph D. Huba
    • 12. Polar wind / Robert W. Schunk
    • 13. Far ultraviolet imaging of the aurora / Larry J. Paxton and Yongliang Zhang
    • 14. Ionospheric electrodynamics / Arthur D. Richmond
    • 15. Simulating space weather / Tamas G. Gombosi
    • 16. Space weather and the extraterrestrial planets / Henry B. Garrett.
    • Section II. Some space weather applications. 17. Spacecraft charging / Henry B. Garrett
    • 18. Satellite orbital drag / Efthyia Zesta and Cheryl Y. Huang
    • 19. Space weather effects on communication and navigation / Keith M. Groves and Charles S. Carrano
    • 20. Concluding remarks / George V. Khazanov.
    ISBN
    • 1498749070
    • 9781498749077
    • 9780367875558 ((paperback))
    • 0367875551 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    944381777
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